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Off topic: Holiday caroling
From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12
Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
That was great! :-) K Barrett wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
Has anyone heard Penelope Keith's version of the 12 Days of Christmas? Presented
as a set of letters. Starts off with a delighted note to her fiance in thanks for sending her a partridge in a pear tree which she puts at the door of her London flat. Gets progressively more desparate & furious as the gifts keep coming for the next 11 days. Think about the cumulative numbers! On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:57 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Googled it, the title is 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree....' but
couldn't find it as a download online (yet!) I'm sure some enterprising person will put it on line eventually. Yeah, the sheer numbers of partridges in pear trees would tarnish the joy of receiving all the multiples of 5 golden rings... K Barrett "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Has anyone heard Penelope Keith's version of the 12 Days of Christmas? Presented as a set of letters. Starts off with a delighted note to her fiance in thanks for sending her a partridge in a pear tree which she puts at the door of her London flat. Gets progressively more desparate & furious as the gifts keep coming for the next 11 days. Think about the cumulative numbers! On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:57 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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"K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Googled it, the title is 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree....' but couldn't find it as a download online (yet!) I'm sure some enterprising person will put it on line eventually. I Googled the lyrics and can't find them either. Yeah, the sheer numbers of partridges in pear trees would tarnish the joy of receiving all the multiples of 5 golden rings... K Barrett "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Has anyone heard Penelope Keith's version of the 12 Days of Christmas? Presented as a set of letters. Starts off with a delighted note to her fiance in thanks for sending her a partridge in a pear tree which she puts at the door of her London flat. Gets progressively more desparate & furious as the gifts keep coming for the next 11 days. Think about the cumulative numbers! On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:57 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
The script for 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree' can be found at:
http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 Thanks Dave for suggesting this wonderful take on the 12 days of Christmas. Phil "Manelli Family" wrote in message ... "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Googled it, the title is 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree....' but couldn't find it as a download online (yet!) I'm sure some enterprising person will put it on line eventually. I Googled the lyrics and can't find them either. Yeah, the sheer numbers of partridges in pear trees would tarnish the joy of receiving all the multiples of 5 golden rings... K Barrett "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Has anyone heard Penelope Keith's version of the 12 Days of Christmas? Presented as a set of letters. Starts off with a delighted note to her fiance in thanks for sending her a partridge in a pear tree which she puts at the door of her London flat. Gets progressively more desparate & furious as the gifts keep coming for the next 11 days. Think about the cumulative numbers! On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:57 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
Check out the BBC re-broadcast site for "And yet another partridge in a pear
tree" : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/bbc7_promo.shtml It looks like you'll need "Real Player" to hear it though. Phil "K Barrett" wrote in message . .. Googled it, the title is 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree....' but couldn't find it as a download online (yet!) I'm sure some enterprising person will put it on line eventually. Yeah, the sheer numbers of partridges in pear trees would tarnish the joy of receiving all the multiples of 5 golden rings... K Barrett "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Has anyone heard Penelope Keith's version of the 12 Days of Christmas? Presented as a set of letters. Starts off with a delighted note to her fiance in thanks for sending her a partridge in a pear tree which she puts at the door of her London flat. Gets progressively more desparate & furious as the gifts keep coming for the next 11 days. Think about the cumulative numbers! On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:57:57 -0800, "K Barrett" wrote: From the acapella singing group Straight No Chaser: their take on the 12 Days of Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 K Barrett Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Original URL : http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 AND YET ANOTHER PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE (A Cautionary Tale for Christmas) Brian Sibley My very dearest Algy: How can I begin to thank you for your charming Christmas gift? What luxury! My very own pear tree, with that dear little pheasant in it. Was it supposed to be a partridge? You really are a foolish boy. Thank you, my darling. All my love forever. Your ownest affectionate, Cynthia My dearest Algy: You are quite impossible, my love. The turtle doves are adorable. They're already cooing away like anything; and I must say, their amorous behavior leaves very little to the imagination. But I expect they will settle down in time. Thank you, my sweeting. Affectionately yours, Cynthia PS: I almost forgot to thank you for the second partridge-in-pear-tree thing. It balances out the other side of the fireplace so nicely. Dearest Algernon: You know, poppet, you are simply going too, too far. Your latest gift has just been delivered. What an imaginative boy you are to think of sending me something as unusual as three French hens. I'm only sorry that I hadn't told you that I am allergic to eggs. Much love, Cynthia Dear Algernon: Your four calling birds have just arrived and could, more aptly, be described as cawling birds, since that is what they seem to do best. I can honestly say, Algernon, that I'd always thought birds were rather pleasant little creatures, until you gave me this opportunity of observing them at such close quarters. Love, Cynthia PS: I do hope you got a reasonable discount on all the pear trees. Algernon: Thank you for your latest gift of five curtain rings, a somewhat curious pres- ent but nevertheless a refreshing change from all those very pretty, but somewhat noisy birds you will keep sending me. I doubt if I should have bought so large a turkey for Christmas had I known what you had in mind. Could we ease up on the fowl, do you think? Cordially, Cynthia Dear Algernon Fotherington Smythe: I see we are back with the birds again. Your six geese a-laying have just arrived, and are happily doing so for all they're worth. I rather thought I'd mentioned to you how it was with me and eggs. Thank you for putting me right about the curtain rings; I never could tell the difference between brass and gold. Of course, I am very pleased that you should have thought of sending me another five, just so that I have one for every finger. But as I now have more hens, doves and partridges than I rightly know how to cope with, and as they aren't too fussy about personal hygene, I seldom seem to have my hands out of a bucket of water long enough to try them on. Yours, Cynthia B. Dear Mr. Fotherington Smythe: I have just succeeded in accommodating your seven swans a-swimming in my bath, which was no mean achievement when one considers the number of pear trees on the landing. I must now ask you to desist from sending me any more of these well-intentioned but slightly impracticable gifts. Cynthia Bracegirdle PS: I hadn't realized just how messy moulting partridges can be, or how badly they seem to get on in captivity with other birds. Mr. Fotherington Smythe: Fresh milk is one thing. Eight enormous Fresians in the drawing room is some- thing else altogether. True, the milkmaids have a certain rustic charm, but you wouldn't believe how much they eat. You may also care to note that my bath has only so much room in it for swans with a seemingly insatiable urge to be a-swimming, and it will definitely not hold fourteen of them. Take that from one who has tried. Please call a halt to this absurd behavior. Miss Cynthia Bracegirdle Mr. Smythe: Thanks to your weird sense of humor, my house is now in utter chaos. As if it wasn't bad enough having sixteen cows producing milk by the gallon, we now have nine ladies, as you amusingly call them, dancing here, there and everywhere, one of whom seems to be working out a somewhat extraordinary routine involving several doves and a goose. The most charitable view I can take of your actions is that you are out of your tiny mind. Enough's enough! Pack it in! Miss C. Bracegirdle PS: Fortunately, one of the partridges has just drowned itself in a bucket of milk. Unspeakable wretch: Your misguided generosity has apparently led you to suppose that I could find some use for ten lords a-leaping. They might lend a hand with cleaning up all the rancid milk and bird lime, if they'd only stop leaping around after the dancing girls for five minutes. I understand the entire neighborhood is now up in arms about it all, and the recent outbreaks of crop blight, fowl pest and foot-and-mouth disease have now reached epidemic proportions; and if the antics I witnessed behind the pear trees this afternoon are anything to go by, several of the milkmaids should soon find themselves in what polite society calls an interesting condition. For your information, I have now reached the end of my tether, which is more than can be said for those damn cows of yours. C. Bracegirdle (Miss) Cretinous toad: Have you got even the remotest idea what eleven pipers piping sounds like at two o'clock in the morning? Of course, it only adds very slightly to the hideous cacophony of noise that I must now daily endure. I swear there's more mooing, cooing, honking, clucking and cawling here than in the zoological gardens. If there's any room left I might seriously consider opening the place to the public. My landlord has taken out an eviction order against me, as he claims, somewhat surprisingly, that the terms of my lease do not cover utiliza- tion of the premises as a menagerie, dancing school, smallholding or annex of the House of Lords. C.B. PS: Please be advised that all future correspondence between us will be handled by my solicitors, Messrs. Grabble, Twister and Fleecem. Grabble, Twister and Fleecem Chancery Chambers Suet-on-the-Writ Off the Eastbourne Road Sussex Dear Mr. Smith: Miss Cynthia Bracegirdle, deceased We are the executors of the estate of the above-named deceased, and are writing to acknowledge receipt of your recent delivery of twelve drummers drumming. You will no doubt be distressed to learn that shortly after the arrival of these gentlemen our client, in what must be described as a somewhat deranged state of mind, traveled to Eastbourne and threw herself off the top of Beachy Head. Before taking this step, however, she left instructions with ourselves for the adding of a codicil to her last will and testament, under which you become her sole beneficiary and legatee. I am therefore arranging for the following items to be delivered to you later this day: 12 drummers drumming; 22 pipers piping; 30 lords a-leaping; 36 ladies dancing; 40 maids a-milking; 42 swans a-swimming; 42 geese a-laying; 40 gold rings; 36 calling birds; 30 French hens; 22 turtle doves; and 11 partridges with 12 accompanying pear trees. With our sincere congratulations on your inheritance, and assuring you of our best attention at all times, Yours faithfully, Grabble, Twister and Fleecem |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
"eclectic" wrote in message ... The script for 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree' can be found at: http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 Thanks Dave for suggesting this wonderful take on the 12 days of Christmas. Phil I see the same old 12 days there. I don't understand. ????? |
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"Kye" wrote in message ... The extracted text is below. Original URL : http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 The lyrics to the new song are not there. Those are the old words. |
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Off topic: Holiday caroling
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:28:11 -0600, "Manelli Family"
wrote: "eclectic" wrote in message ... The script for 'And yet another partridge in a pear tree' can be found at: http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 Thanks Dave for suggesting this wonderful take on the 12 days of Christmas. Phil I see the same old 12 days there. I don't understand. ????? Go to the listed url - http://www.smoe.org/lists/ecto/Volum..._94/Digest.954 Then do a search from your browser for "partridge". It should take you to the title "And Yet Another Patridge in a pear Tree". The words that follow relate to each ofthe twelve days of Christmas when her "Algy" sent her each day's worth of gifts. Remember, Day 1 is the partridge in a pear tree. Day 2 is two turtle doves PLUS another partridge in a pear tree; and so on cumulatively. I haven't checked out the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/bbc7_promo.shtml listed by eclectic, who says you will probably need Real Player to listen to it. But, certainly, hearing the performance would be far better than simply reading the script. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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I'm learning quite much here from Your posts. Unfortunately I can only read (and write) english with a translator. Do You plan to ad an automatic translation to the forum?
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